KORPIKLAANI Launch Lyric Videos, Songpier App

Finnish traditional folk metal pioneers KORPIKLAANI will release their 8th studio album, Manala, via Nuclear Blast on August 3rd.

The band now present a new song from Manala that actually exists in two different versions. As announced before, the limited digipak edition of Manala will come to you with a bonus CD, including the whole album with English lyrics. The English counterpart of 'Kunnia' (as the original Finnish song is called) is entitled 'Honor', and both songs can now be enjoyed in the form of two great lyric videos. Watch below:

'Kunnia':



'Honor':



Also, the band has just unveiled their very own songpier smartphone app and offers a Soundcloud stream of the new songs plus some other great gimmicks via their official Nuclear Blast band page at this location.

The cover artwork for Manala was created by Finnish artist Jan Yrlund. Korpiklaani vocalist Jonne Järvelä states: ?On the album cover, our band mascot Vaari represents Väinämöinen, who is one of the main characters in the Finnish national epic Kalevala. As most of the lyrics on Manala are based on the Kalevala, Jan Yrlund decided to draw his inspiration for the cover artwork from the beautiful but yet brutal depiction of the underworld in Finnish mythology.?



Again, the limited digipak edition of Manala will come to you with a bonus CD, including the whole album with English lyrics. The tracklisting is as follows:

'Kunnia'
'Tuonelan Tuvilla'
'Rauta'
'Ruuminmultaa'
'Petoeläimen Kuola'
'Synkkä'
'Levan Polkka'
'Husky Sledge'
'Dolorous'
'Uni'
'Metsälle'
'Sumussa Hämärän Aamun'

Bonus CD:

'Honor
'At The Huts Of The Underworld'
'The Steel'
'Soil Of The Corpse'
'Predator's Saliva'
'Dark Side'
'Leva's Polka'
'Husky-Sledge'
'Dolorous'
'Dream'
'Off To The Hunt'

Check out the song 'Metsälle' that offers fans a taste of the new material:



Korpiklaani's tour schedule is as follows:

June
6 - Espacio 334 - Santiago, Chile
7 - Salón Reducci - Buenos Aires, Argentina
8 - Music Hall - Barretos, Brazil
9 - Clash Club - Sao Paulo, Brazil
10 - Music Hall - Curitiba, Brazil
12 - Beco 203 - Porto Alegre, Brazil
13 - Buzz Live - Montevideo, Uruguay
16 - Copenhell - Copenhagen, Denmark

July
14 - Masters Of Rock - Vizovice, Czech Republic

August
5 - Metalcamp - Tolmin, Slovenia
10 - Rock Pod Kamenom - Snina, Slovakia
11 - Schlosshof Festival - Höchstadt An Der Aisch, Germany

Go to this location for ticket links.